Message-Id: Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 17:01:57 -0700 To: igsmail@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov From: "Ronald G. Blom" Subject: [IGSMAIL-3325]: AGU town hall meeting-Solid Earth at NASA Sender: owner-igsmail Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail 13 May 11:04:13 PDT 2001 Message Number 3325 ****************************************************************************** AUTHOR: Ronald Blom Solid Earth Science and Natural Hazards Program Manager NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA 91109 Hello Everyone, For those of you attending the Spring AGU, your participation is invited (with apologies for cross postings). Cheers! ANNOUNCEMENT-TOWN HALL MEETING AT SPRING AGU The NASA Solid Earth Science Working Group (SESWG) will hold a town hall meeting to discuss Solid Earth Science at NASA: The Next 25 Years Date: May 29, 2001 (Tuesday) Time: 5:00PM - 7:00PM Location: Room CC 202, Hynes Convention Center NASA has formed a Solid Earth Science Working Group (SESWG) to work with the research community in drafting a scientific strategy for the agency's program in solid-Earth science over the next 25 years. In a forum open to all AGU members, representatives of the working group will summarize the principal elements envisioned for a research program in solid Earth science at NASA, and comments and suggestions will be solicited from the audience. Overview talks will be given on the following scientific and societal issues which should form the framework for NASA's program in solid-Earth science: (1) What is the nature of deformation at plate boundaries? (2) How does magma move at depth, and under what conditions does it erupt? (3) What are the dynamics of Earth's mantle and core? (4) What are the forces driving Earth's magnetic field and how is it changing? (5) What is the role of major events in the evolution of the land surface, and how does that evolution reflect interactions among tectonics, erosion, and climate? (6) How are the Earth's major ice sheets evolving dynamically? For each topic, the scientific objectives define observational and measurement strategies, as well as needs for infrastructure investment, technology development, and support for associated theory and data analysis.